PsyRAS is a group of Clinical, Counselling, Educational Psychologists and Psychologists in training who have special interests in working with people who are refugees and asylum seekers.
The members of this forum work routinely with asylum seekers and refugees in a range of clinical and educational settings including Primary Health Care, Community Mental Health Teams, specialist services and schools.
The main aims of the group are for members to exchange resources, skills, knowledge, ideas and models of good practice. The Forum is dedicated to the dissemination of good practice to others and to documenting current ways of working. This is also a forum where issues that impede our work can be discussed. This may lead to joint action or responses on certain pertinent issues in areas in which we feel we have the expertise to comment.
If you would like to join the group, then please come to a meeting. The next meeting is:
The Traumatic Stress Clinic - Tuesday 14th September 2010: 10am-12pm
Speaker: Abigail Stepnitz (Eaves: The Poppy Project)
The project aims to help women who have been trafficked into domestic
servitude or prostitution in the UK. Abigail will be talking about
the different versions of trafficking and what can be done to support the
women concerned. She will be presenting from 10 – 11 and then we have 30
mins for discussion followed by a shorter version of our normal meeting
until 12.30 . Should be a lively discussion. Tea and biscuits provided!
The Traumatic Stress Clinic, 73 Charlotte Street, London, W1T 4PL IMPORTANT NOTICE We now have a Yahoo! email group which is restricted to people who pay a £10 annual subscription to PsyRAS. This group is intended to provide a safe space for discussions about clinical or other sensitive issues that arise in our work with refugees and asylum seekers. For details on payment please contact Aida aalayarian@refugeetherapy.org.uk . When payment is arranged please inform Jane jane_herlihy@yahoo.co.uk, who will add your name to the group.
If you are interested in finding out more about PsyRAS please contact: Brock at brock.chisholm@candi.nhs.uk or Ken at ken.carswell@candi.nhs.uk |
